Mr. Allen's Fifth Grade Blog

We wrapped up the week by doing some quality writing in our ELA class. Each of the fifth graders has made nice progress with their Jackie Ro...

The fifth graders had another solid math class in the late morning. Building off the work that was done yesterday, the kids continued to mul...

The fifth graders prepared for our next text based discussion in ELA by completing an important piece of work. Working in pairs, the members...

We began the day and the final week before vacation with a productive math lesson. The kids worked to solve a series of problems that saw th...

We concluded the work week by wrapping up our exploration of an essay that Jackie Robinson wrote in the 1950s, reflecting on his life and th...

In math class, the members of A303 began unit seven. This unit will see the kids multiplying fractions and mixed numbers by whole numbers. U...

The fifth graders reread a portion of the text that dealt with a key moment in Jackie Robinson's life during ELA. This lead into a piece...